Charmstone

Museum number:
1-16582
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Accession number:
Acc.399
Description:
Spindle shaped, made of quartz. Very smoothly finished.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Churntown (historical), Shasta Lake, Shasta County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Churntown
Culture or time period:
Northern Wintun and Wintu
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
November 1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charmstones
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Said to have been carried for luck.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1999-2000 #6: Rumsey Indian Rancheria (December 6, 1999–September 7, 2004)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charmstone, accession number 1-16582, described as Spindle shaped, made of quartz. Very smoothly finished.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charmstone, accession number 1-16582, described as Spindle shaped, made of quartz. Very smoothly finished.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charmstone, accession number 1-16582, described as Spindle shaped, made of quartz. Very smoothly finished.

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